For me to come in here at about 4 p.m and not see a post by Dez is very rare. Now he's just toying with us.

The crowd is gathering in anticipation of his 10,000 post. We all want to be there for this monumental event and see his face once the balloons and confetti fall on him as soon as he hits the enter button.

Look at what happens when I'm away from the internet for a day or two......nothing. I wish that having 10,000 posts in 28 months was some sort of real accomplishment but alas, it is not. It just means I've managed to find time to post an average of 12 times a day over that time frame. In all honesty, I was new to this whole "forum" thing when I showed up. I didn't even know what a troll was at first but a poster named RMiller soon changed all that. Since then I've just been happy to have an outlet for my thoughts on hockey. Better than that though, I've managed to stumble across a forum that contains some of hockey's brightest minds(too many to name) mixed in with some real dim-wits(again, too many). Anyways, I'm just glad to be a small part of it and glad I have the time to write something that some of you feel is worth reading. I mean look at poor OrrEspoCash, he hasn't found the time to write even one post worth reading yet so I feel blessed..............

Look at what happens when I'm away from the internet for a day or two......nothing. I wish having having 10,000 posts in 28 months was some sort of real accomplishment but alas, it is not. It just means I've managed to find time to post an average of 12 times a day over that time frame. In all honesty, I was new to this whole "forum" thing when I showed up. I didn't even know what a troll was at first but a poster named RMiller soon changed all that. Since then I've just been happy to have an outlet for my thoughts on hockey. Better than that though, I've managed to stumble across a forum that contains some of hockey's brightest minds(too many to name) mixed in with some real dim-wits(again, too many). Anyways, I'm just glad to be a small part of it and glad I have the time to write something that some of you feel is worth reading. I mean look at poor OrrEspoCash, he hasn't found the time to write even one post worth reading yet so I feel blessed..............Posted by dezaruchi

Look at what happens when I'm away from the internet for a day or two......nothing. I wish that having 10,000 posts in 28 months was some sort of real accomplishment but alas, it is not. It just means I've managed to find time to post an average of 12 times a day over that time frame. In all honesty, I was new to this whole "forum" thing when I showed up. I didn't even know what a troll was at first but a poster named RMiller soon changed all that. Since then I've just been happy to have an outlet for my thoughts on hockey. Better than that though, I've managed to stumble across a forum that contains some of hockey's brightest minds(too many to name) mixed in with some real dim-wits(again, too many). Anyways, I'm just glad to be a small part of it and glad I have the time to write something that some of you feel is worth reading. I mean look at poor OrrEspoCash, he hasn't found the time to write even one post worth reading yet so I feel blessed..............Posted by dezaruchi

Congratulations Dez!!!!

Looking forward to many more interesting conversations with you in the future.